Judge, 1902-12-20 · page 46 of 52
Judge — December 20, 1902 — page 46: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and filler content** rather than political satire. The dominant elements are: **Advertisements:** Harper Rye whiskey, Benedict Bros. jewelry, Bugville Life (a children's book with illustrations by Gus Dirks), the Knabe Piano, and the New York Central railroad. **Editorial filler:** Brief humorous anecdotes from rural correspondents—jokes about possums, rattlesnakes found in churches, and pie-wagon strikes. These appear designed as light, folksy humor for a general audience. **One satirical element:** A brief exchange mocking a woman shopping for "something nice in oil" (likely lamp oil), where the floor-walker makes an awkward innuendo about her appearance—typical of period humor targeting women shoppers. The page lacks substantive political commentary or caricature. It reflects Judge's mixed approach of combining satirical content with commercial advertising and genteel humor aimed at upper-middle-class readers around 1902.
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Harper Rye “On Every Tongue.” Scientifically distilled: naturally aged: absolutely pure. Best and safest for all uses. BERNHEIM BROS,., Distillers, - + {Louisville, Ky. These items were sent in by rural cor- respondents of the Whitsett Couric Who's afraid of hard times? We've caught fifty-seven “possums and two pons already this fall.” i with fifteen rattles and a button was found fast asleep in Zion church Monday. Didn't know before that the new parson's sermons were so far-reaching M Rich Holiday Gifts. | BENEDICT BROS. Jewelers. ded 1 Wall Street at ten o'clock sh mp jor are both slowly recovening.""—.Mlanta Constitution An Early Inspection Is Cordially Invited. Tey ** The Benedict "* Patent Sleeve and Collar Button. B Ml Broadway, cor. Liberty St., New York. the well-known poet _ | Roy Farrell Greene, whose work has been ng the rounds of the press for these “TM tell you. TILT many, many moons. The pocms are house when I'm a man wide in range and subject, and touch nic : f things from courtship to bank- “Thatis what your father nd from shopping to love, baro- when he was your age. Benni ly considered. Any one who cares the hoy’s mother. for verse will be sure to find many poems — in this book that will hit the right spot “Uncle Ephr'm, how did suchanotori- The book should not be judged by: its ous old sinner ay You ever manage to get_cover, which is of a shade of blue that into the chure would serve its highest. purpose in I's one de chahtah membahs. | coffee chromo or as’ a sky-scape in an sah." oileloth symphony rss of my said little Ben- hought replied -YVonkers Statesman, Bugville Life A BOOK FOR BIG AND LITTLE FOLK ney? GUS DIRKS Yer" R. KH. MUNHKITTRICK 64 PAGES BEAUTIFULLY PRINTED—COVER IN COLORS Price 25 Cents READY AT ALL BOOK- SELLERS’ AND ON ALL TRAINS November 22d, 1902. Address All Remittances to JUDGE COMPANY, 110 Fifth Avenue, New York. in the pic belt to interfere with the daily output of pies." ie setts a United Sta give way to a pie-wagor Plain Dealer. Broadac a “Of all inventions, the alphabet and printing press alone excepted, those inventions which abridge distance have done most for civilization." —Macaulay. MAP OF THE NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES. A system of 11,126 miles of railway in the popu- lous territory east of Chicago, St. Louis and Cincin- nati, furnishing luxurious and rapid transportation facilities for more than one-half of the entire popu- lation of the United § Details of rates and trains given by any New York Central ticket agent. ge i Railroad, Grand Central Station, New York. that the strike rs was quickly settled. it's a capital off you know what a coquette is amma: a coquette is a thing y ut of fricasseed chicken the | second —Yonkers Statesman that so?” In certain parts of Massachu- will alve Where shall I find something nice in and | oil for the dining-room?” asked a stout smiling woman of the floor-walker in a western department store “On the third"—be the floor. “1 hear you are going to marry old walker. “Then he paused. and locked s.” jdoubtfully at the inquirer. “Did you ca ‘or something in the sar- sked. —Boston Christian es." r land's sake!” —Baltimore American | Register PIANO Its successful growth and experience of nearly seventy years guarantees to new friends the greatest degree of tried and tested EXCELLENCE, judged from any standpoint of criticism or comparison. WM. KNABE @®@ CO. Baltimore. New York. Washington. comicbooks.com